Gepsoft.com Announces GEP Symbolic Regression
Gepsoft.com has released GEP Symbolic Regression (GEP-SR), an AI component based on gene expression programming (GEP). GEP is a new learning algorithm that outperforms Genetic Programming in 2-4 orders of magnitude. GEP-SR is a COM component developed with the ATL framework. No prior knowledge of evolutionary computation is assumed and the complexity is hidden behind a programmer friendly interface. The sample code and application by themselves are enough to start using GEP-SR without any coding. The documentation includes a detailed description of the source code and the techniques used.
GEP-SR can be purchased at the Component Source, <http://www.componentsource.com/>. The standard edition personal license costs $669 and the standard edition commercial license costs $4,899. The advanced edition personal license costs $1,219 and the advanced edition commercial license costs $7,359.
For more information, contact Gepsoft.com, +35.1.29.52165.45; sales@gepsoft.com; <www.gepsoft.com>.
Numerical Algorithms Group Presents NAG C Library
The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), Inc. has released the NAG C Library, Mark 6, a toolbox of 450 mathematical and statistical algorithms for adding analytical capabilities to applications. This release adds nearly 60 new user-callable algorithms in statistics, sparse optimization, polynomial root finding, and special functions. It also includes over 30 new functions in ANOVA, nonparametric statistics, survival analysis, and time series analysis, such as GARCH.
GARCH algorithms provide the ability to model historical volatility and forecast future volatility. Nonparametric statistical algorithms reduce the number of assumptions required for scientific data analysis. The nonlinear sparse optimizer helps to solve large-scale optimization problems.
For pricing and additional information, contact Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc., +1.630.971.2337; fax +1.630.971.2706; sales@nag.co.uk; <www.nag.com>.
Inpek 7th world Releases EditorEnhancement v2.02
Inpek 7th world has released EditorEnhancement v2.02, an add-in for Microsoft Visual C++. EditorEnhancement v2.02 utilities include AutoTyping for automatic statements completion and formatting according to the Developer Studio IDE current settings. Parenthesis Contents shows paired parenthesis as the developer types, highlighting the contents when the closing parenthesis is typed. Custom Caret allows assigning different shape and color of the caret (text cursor) for insert and overtype modes.
EditorEnhancement v2.02 costs $30 for a single-user license. Free email tech support is provided for registered users. A free 15-day evaluation copy is available from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Inpek 7th world, +7.3832.34.1557; support@inpek.com; <www.inpek.com>.
SourceGear Unveils SourceOffSite 3.5
SourceGear Corporation has released SourceOffSite 3.5, a cross-platform Internet access tool for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe developers. Version 3.5 incorporates many of the user-requested features such as pin support and an updated command-line client. Other features include branch projects, change password, and file level web-deploy.
SourceOffSite 3.5 is a true client/server solution that provides quick and secure Internet access to a SourceSafe database. SourceOffSite 3.5 supports IDE integration, encryption, and compression. The Client interface closely resembles the SourceSafe Explorer, providing a familiar environment to perform SourceSafe operations.
Pricing for SourceOffSite 3.5 starts at $179 for one to four user licenses with volume discounts available.
For more information, contact SourceGear Corporation, +1.217.356.0105; fax +1.217.356.3213; info@sourcegear.com; <www.sourcegear.com>.
DiamondWare Ships Telephony Sound Toolkit
DiamondWare, Ltd. has released Telephony Sound ToolKit (Tele-STK) that runs on Windows 2000. Tele-STK enables POTS-level quality of service telephony on a PC. Tele-STK reduces latency, the time between when the sound enters the microphone and when it plays through the speakers.
Pricing for the DiamondWare Telephony Sound Toolkit starts at $950 for development-only licenses, $5,000 for game developer’s licenses, and $15,000 for telecom licenses. The DiamondWare Telephony Sound Toolkit may be purchased online at the company’s website.
For more information, contact DiamondWare, Ltd., +1.480.380.1122; fax +1.480.380.1133; info@dw.com; <www.dw.com>.
Sun Microsystems Debuts Forte Developer 6 Update 1
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has released Forte Developer 6 update 1, an integrated set of development and productivity tools designed for building enterprise applications. Forte Developer 6 update 1 allows developers to improve runtime performance of their applications with specific tuning for the UltraSPARC III architecture.
Formerly known as Sun WorkShop Tools, Forte Developer 6 update 1 products include the high-performance Forte C, C++, and Fortran tools. In addition to UltraSPARC III architecture support, key enhancements include improved compile times for C++, improved language interoperability between the C++ and Fortran languages, and interval arithmetic support for C++.
Forte Developer products start at $1,295, depending on edition and modules selected. Forte Developer 6 Update 1 is free to current owners.
For more information, contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., +1.650.357.8749; fax +1.650.357.8754; <www.sun.com>.
FairCom Announces FairCom Server v6.10
FairCom Corporation has released FairCom Server v6.10, including a server-side SDK. Using FairCom’s server-side SDK, developers can move functions to the server, decreasing network traffic and improving performance.
Other new features include custom and communication-layer encryption, CRC checks, segmented dynamic dump support, expanded level support within the server’s internal index logic, and additional diagnostic and administration features.
FairCom Server v6.10 pricing ranges from $745 to $9,795, depending on the platform and number of users. Servers are licensed on a per server machine basis.
For more information, contact FairCom Corporation , +1.573.445.6833; fax +1.573.445.9698; info@faircom.com; <www.faircom.com>.
LEAD Technologies Releases Internet Imaging Pro
LEAD Technologies, Inc. has released LEADTOOLS Internet Imaging Pro, a toolkit that provides the comprehensive imaging functionality found in LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro, but with a COM interface. In Internet Imaging Pro, LEAD’s Main OCX has been split apart into small COM objects and ActiveX controls. Each COM object has minimal DLL requirements, including no MFC requirement. New HTTP and FTP functions have been added, as well as new Internet commands.
Key features include the ability to send/receive Internet imaging commands from one computer to another. Internet Imaging Pro provides the ability to control image processing remotely. It also provides programmatic control of FTP and HTTP servers.
LEADTOOLS Internet Imaging Pro costs $1,995.
For more information, contact LEAD Technologies, Inc., +1.704.332.5532; fax +1.704.372.8161; sales@leadtools.com; <www.leadtools.com>.
AccuSoft Presents Unix Support for ImageGear 2000
AccuSoft Corporation has released ImageGear 2000 for Unix platforms AIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux. ImageGear 2000 provides over 600 functions in 27 categories. Enhancements include improved filter optimizations for JPEG, PNG, G3/G4, and TIFF, and faster rotation and resize functions. ImageGear 2000 offers especially optimized Read and Write for multi-page documents. This version includes support for the file formats PSD 5.0 and 48-bit TIFF.
An evaluation copy of the beta is available for download at the company’s website.
For pricing and additional information, contact AccuSoft Corporation, +1.508.351.9092; fax +1.508.351.9086; sales@accusoft.com; <www.accusoft.com>.
Wizen Software Announces PowerXML Product Line
Wizen Software has introduced the PowerXML product line, a suite of software products designed for creating XML processing pipelines. Features include integrated built-in XML and HTML parsers, support for multiple XSLT engines, XSLT performance timing, built-in RDBMS to XML conversion, and Xpath filtering.
PowerXML is available in three versions. Basic is for XML users doing single transactions, converting HTML to XHTML, or running XSLT across multiple XSL engines. The Pro version is for developers developing complex XML-based processes. The Server version is for use in high-performance server environments and enterprise-class applications.
PowerXML Basic can be downloaded for free at the company’s website.
For more information, contact Wizen Software, +1.415.826.3113; fax +1.415.826.0199; info@wizen.com; <www.wizen.com>.
FlashPoint Technology Offers Digita Desktop SDK
FlashPoint Technology, Inc. has released the Digita Desktop SDK, which allows developers to communicate with DigitaOS cameras over serial, USB, and IrDA (infrared) protocols. It includes sample code for retrieving image information from the camera, downloading images from the camera, controlling camera settings, as well as previewing and capturing images remotely. Additionally, the Digita Desktop SDK provides the ability to enumerate multiple cameras over USB, and to synchronize capture sequences.
Digita Desktop SDK Standard Version costs $399; Digita Desktop SDK Professional Version costs $2,995.
For more information, contact FlashPoint Technology, Inc., +1.408.795.4900; fax +1.408.795.5050; info@flashpoint.com; <www.flashpoint.com>.
RidgeRun Releases Open Multimedia Interface and DSPLinux SDK
RidgeRun, Inc. has announced Open Multimedia Interface, an API and multimedia plug-in for Linux, designed to help developers integrate multimedia functionality into applications and games. RidgeRun sponsors GStreamer, an Open Source streaming media framework, which is an infrastructure component of the Open Multimedia Interface.
In addition, RidgeRun has announced a partnership with DevelopOnline to offer RidgeRun’s DSPLinux SDK through DevelopOnline’s web-based open platform development site. Based on Texas Instruments’ TMS320DSC21 digital signal processor, DSPLinux is optimized for multimedia applications in which DSP’s offer high processing power with low battery consumption. DSPLinux is focused on dual-core ARM+DSP architectures, with its Linux kernel residing on the ARM processor to control the operation of the DSP.
DSPLinux SDK costs $5,000 per developer seat and includes other tools, such as the Open Multimedia Interface.
For pricing and additional information, contact RidgeRun, Inc., +1.208.331.2226; fax +1.208.331.2227; info@ridgerun.com; <www.ridgerun.com>.
Emrys Solutions Presents Visions View Manager
Emrys Solutions, Inc. has released Visions View Manager, an open Mobile Application Gateway and a suite of tools that allows an enterprise to extend back office applications (including ERP, CRM, and legacy applications) to wireless, handheld devices using PocketPC, Windows CE, and Palm. It supports full, high-performance business application functionality to mobile users; availability to disconnected users through advanced peer-to-peer “Always On” architecture; and emerging standards including HTML, WML, and XML; all from a single environment.
Pricing for Visions View Manager starts at $795 for the Professional edition, which licenses five users and one application. The Workgroup edition costs $9,995 plus $80 per user for unlimited users. The Enterprise Edition costs $24,995 plus $80 per user for unlimited users.
For more information, contact Emrys Solutions, Inc., +1.972.852.8600; fax +1.972.234.6122; solutions@emrys.com; <www.emrys.com>.
Metagraphics Launches TypeServer
Metagraphics Software Corporation has released TypeServer, a TrueType rasterizing engine for use in real-time and embedded OEM applications. Using industry-standard TrueType fonts, TypeServer creates typeset-quality bitmap text using Metagraphic’s CrystalType technology. CrystalType performs optimized font rasterization for monochrome, anti-alias grayscale, anti-alias color, or LCD display output.
TypeServer supports both ASCII and UNICODE character coding. It works with TrueType fonts stored either on disk, in memory, or in ROM. TypeServer is written in pure ANSI C and includes class libraries for use with C++.
TypeServer Developer’s Kit costs $795 for a single developer and $1,595 for three developers. Additional developer licences cost $395 each. The TypeServer Source Code Site Kit costs $2,495. Bundle and quantity discounts are available.
For more information, contact Metagraphics Software Corporation, +1.425.844.1110; fax +1.425.844.1112; <www.metagraphics.com>.
Sleepycat Software Announces Berkeley DB v3.2
Sleepycat Software Inc. has released Berkeley DB v3.2, an open source embedded database. Version 3.2 includes a new port to the QNX realtime platform, as well as support for all major Unix, Linux, and Windows systems. Berkeley DB v3.2 has been Open Source since its origin in 1991.
Berkeley DB v3.2 is available for download at the company’s website. QNX realtime platform is a self-hosted development environment that anyone can download for free for non-commercial purposes at <http://get.qnx.com>.
For more information, contact Sleepycat Software Inc., +1.510.526.3972; fax +1.510.526.2537; info@sleepycat.com; <www.sleepycat.com>.
NewMonics Ships PERC 3.1
NewMonics, Inc. has shipped PERC 3.1, a suite of development tools and run-time modules built on a clean-room implementation of a Java Virtual Machine. Version 3.1 combines the strengths of Java and C. With PERC 3.1, developers can debug AOT (Ahead-Of-Time) compiled code at the Java source level with any mix of interpreted or compiled code, making it possible to create Java code using the same methodology traditionally used with C. Also, tools such as the PERCAccelerator optimize Java applications by generating native machine code while preserving the standard Java class file format, resulting in Java application performance that nears that of C and preserving the style of C’s static compilation in Java’s dynamic loading.
Pricing for PERC 3.1 starts at $3,000.
For more information, contact NewMonics, Inc., +1.630.689.5504; fax +1.515.296.4595; sales@newmonics.com; <www.newmonics.com>.
Micro Digital Presents pmDOS and SMX Support
Micro Digital, Inc. has announced pmDOS, a replacement for DOS and DOS extenders. pmDOS has been developed for embedded applications that have outgrown the limitations of DOS. It allows smooth migration to 16-bit protected mode. Other features include a huge address space, no royalties, segment protection, and multitasking.
Micro Digital also has announced SMX support for the Turbo186 microprocessor core from VAutomation. The 24-bit address mode is fully supported, giving a 16MB memory space in extended real mode. The smx kernel, smxNet, and the UART driver have been ported to run on VAutomation’s TIPS2 development board.
pmDOS costs $10,000, royalty-free, with a site development license, six months support, and one seat of the Soft-Scope debugger. The smx Kernel costs $6,000, royalty-free, with a site development license and six months support. Source code costs an additional $2,500. The smxNet TCP/IP stack is $9,000, including source code.
For more information, contact Micro Digital, Inc., 800.366.2491 or +1.714.437.7333; fax +1.714.432.0490; sales@smxinfo.com; <www.smxinfo.com>.
TASKING Offers CARMEL Tool Suite v3.0r2 and M16C Tool Suite v2.0
TASKING has released the CARMEL Tool Suite v3.0r2, for the Infineon CARMEL DSP core, including upgraded EDE, optimized C compiler, CrossView Pro debugger, and on-chip debug support. CARMEL Tool Suite v3.0r2 offers improved memory control, multiple fast floating-point formats, and integrated configurable instructions that take advantage of the CARMEL PowerPlug technology.
In addition, TASKING has released the M16C Tool Suite v2.0, including upgraded EDE, optimized ANSI C and Safer C compiler, CrossView Pro debugger, and ROM monitor.
Pricing for the CARMEL Tool Suite v3.0r2 for Windows 95/98/NT or Sun Solaris starts at $2,650 for an assembler-only package and $4,200 with a compiler. A demo is available at the company’s website.
For pricing and additional information, contact TASKING, +1.781.320.9400; fax +1.781.320.9212; sales@tasking.com; <www.tasking.com>.
Crossware Adds Support to 8051 Development Suite
Crossware has added support to its 8051 Development Suite for the mixed-signal microcontrollers from Cygnal Integrated Products. The microcontrollers include flash memory, analog, and digital devices, as well as the normal 8051 on-chip peripherals.
The enhanced Crossware environment includes cycle-accurate simulation of the Cygnal high-speed core, so developers can determine the speed increase that can be achieved by moving to a Cygnal chip. The on-chip ADCs, DACs, comparators, additional timers, etc. are all simulated. The Crossware environment can be extended to simulate additional features giving developers the ability to hook up to simulations of custom peripherals to create a graphical simulation of the complete target system.
Crossware 8051 Development Suite for mixed signal microcontrollers from Cygnal costs $1,674.
For more information, contact Crossware, +44.01763853500; fax +44.01763853330; <www.crossware.com>.
/n software Announces IP Works! Kylix Edition
/n software (formerly devSoft Inc.) has released IP Works! Kylix Edition. IP Works! contains high-level programmable components, such as interfaces to Internet Mail and Usenet News, as well as TCP/IP programming tools used to build generic clients and servers. All components have simple interfaces that shield the developers from the complexity of TCP/IP programming.
IP Works! is available in several editions for several development environments, technologies, and platforms. These include COM libraries, ActiveX controls, C++ classes, C libraries, native VCLs, pure JavaBeans, and CLX components for Kylix. Operating systems supported natively include all versions of Windows and Linux.
For pricing and additional information, contact /n software, +1.919.544.7770; fax +1.919.493.1225; info@nsoftware.com; <www.nsoftware.com>.
Alfa Introduces Alfa File Protector 2.0
Alfa Corporation has released Alfa File Protector (AFP) 2.0, a file protection component/library that allows Windows developers to integrate file protection and file hiding into applications. The AFP 2.0 component sends protections items to the driver, which are used on-the-fly by the driver, to allow or deny a file operation to occur.
AFP 2.0 can deny file open, file create, file replace, file read, file write, file/directory rename, file delete, directory create, directory delete, and query file/directory attributes, preserving directory attributes for the sake of file system recognition, which is a must for Windows file systems.
Alfa File Protector 2.0 costs $499.95 for a single-user license. A version with full source code is available for $1,499.95. Both may be purchased online at the company’s website. Also, a free demo is available from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Alfa Corporation, +381.18.364810; fax +381.18.363247; alfa@alfaunits.co.yu; <www.alfaunits.co.yu>.
Tower Technology Expands TowerJ Java Deployment Platform on Linux/Intel Itanium Based Servers
Tower Technology Corporation has released a version of the TowerJ Java Deployment Platform for Linux/Intel Itanium-based Servers. Through an early access program, organizations can now move Java-based applications onto Intel’s new Itanium Servers and begin testing and optimization. TowerJ is now available on Red Hat Linux, TurboLinux, and Suse Linux. The early access program includes access to the TowerJ SDK for Itanium Servers, and services from Tower’s Professional Services group to help move Java applications to the new servers along with testing, assessments, benchmarks, and optimizations.
For pricing and additional information, contact Tower Technology Corporation, +1.512.452.9455; fax +1.512.452.1721; intel@towerj.com; <www.towerj.com>.